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The heirs of Plato : a study of the Old Academy, 347-274 B.C. / John Dillon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dillon, John M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Platonists.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Platonists--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 252 pages)
- Other Title:
- Study of the Old Academy, 347-274 B.C.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Lucid and accessible, John Dillon's book offers an introductory chapter on Plato's followers in the first 70 years after his death, generally known as the 'Old Academy', and a summary of Plato's philosophical heritage before looking at each of the school heads and other chief characters.
- Contents:
- The riddle of academy
- Speusippus and the search for an adequate system of principles
- Xenocrates and the systematization of platonism
- Polemo, champion of ethical praxis
- Minor figures : Philippus of Opus, Hermodorus of Syracuse, Heraclides of Pontus, Crantor of Soli
- Epilogue : Arcesilaus and the turn to scepticism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-244) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-159733-3
- 0-19-151925-1
- 1-281-19030-6
- 9786611190309
- 1-4237-8874-5
- OCLC:
- 57584239
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